Report of serving network, time zone, and UCI
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsMei Dong, Zhiwei Qu, Yong Yang, Dongmei Zhu
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Abstract
A method in a mobility management node for handling information in a network. The node is associated with a wireless device being served by a serving network. The node obtains information about that at least one of the serving network and a time zone and a UCI, has been changed for the device, and information about that the change has not been transmitted to a SGW. When at least one of the serving network and the time zone and the UCI, has been changed, and information about the change has not been transmitted to the SGW, the node transmits the information about at least one of the changed serving network and time zone and UCI, to the SGW, enabling the SGW to forward this information to a PGW.
Claims20
A method in a first network function for handling information in a communications network, the method comprising:
- obtaining information pertaining to a wireless device, wherein the information pertaining to the wireless device comprises:
- 1) a serving network identifier identifying a serving network currently serving the wireless device, 2) a time zone identifier identifying a time zone in which the wireless device is located, and/or 3) a group identifier identifying a group in which the wireless device is included;
- obtaining an indicator indicating that the information pertaining to the wireless device has not been transmitted to a second network function associated with the first network function;
- and
- as a result of obtaining the information indicating that the information pertaining to the wireless device has not been transmitted to the second network function, transmitting to the second network function the information pertaining to the wireless device, thereby enabling the second network function to forward this information to a third network function.
A first network function for handling information in a communications network, wherein the first network function is configured to be associated with a wireless device being served by a serving network, the first network function comprising:
- a transmitter;
- a receiver;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor coupled to the transmitter, receiver and the memory, wherein the first network function is configured to:
- obtain information pertaining to a wireless device, wherein the information pertaining to the wireless device comprises:
- 1) a serving network identifier identifying a serving network currently serving the wireless device, 2) a time zone identifier identifying a time zone in which the wireless device is located, and/or 3) a group identifier identifying a group in which the wireless device is included;
- obtain an indicator indicating that the information pertaining to the wireless device has not been transmitted to a second network function associated with the first network function;
- and
- as a result of obtaining the information indicating that the information pertaining to the wireless device has not been transmitted to the second network function, transmit to the second network function the information pertaining to the wireless device, thereby enabling the second network function to forward this information to a third network function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.